Nolan Penney wrote:
> I do like electric fans. The later so equipped Spitfires are a pretty
> good indicator of how well they work, since Triumph reduced the
> size of the radiator greatly when they went with the electric fans,
> and the later Spitfires so equipped are not the ones you hear
> constant overheating complaints about. Electric fans have the
> great advantage of pulling air through the radiator with enthusiasm
> when you're sitting idling in stopped traffic. That's not something
> the mechanical driven fans do.
I can vouch for electric fans.
I have a series II E-type, and E-types had marginal
cooling from the beginning. By the time my car was made,
they had done a lot of work to it.
...so my car came with a pair of large cooling fans
right on the radiator, governed by a temperature switch.
Only on the hottest days do they even turn on, and
they don't usually stay on for long. But if I get stuck
in traffic, they may run for a long period but the
temperature will stay rock solid.
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Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
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"Wow, these cars are made of horses!" - Johnny Bravo
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